"Attercop! Attercop! Down you drop..."

I just finished an application of Miss Muffet's Revenge, a very effective spider killer/repellent that lasts for three or four months. I usually spray every surface a spider might cross getting onto my balcony. But this year I decided to wait for my replacement awning to be installed. That hasn't yet happened. So, after walking through a cobweb as I went outside, I decided to at least spray around windows and doors.

I readily admit that spiders are generally beneficial, consuming insects and themselves providing food for birds. But I prefer they don't occupy the same living space I do.